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Personally, I think the most important aspect of landscape photography is the time of day you choose to shoot. While I understand the fact that photography for most people occurs as you're doing other things (hiking in this instance), in order to get those 'amazing shots' you have to be focused on going out to shoot, and that means early mornings, late afternoons, and sometimes inclement weather.
That being said, I think your shots are very nice, and I particularly think the bottom image has some potential with the correct manipulation. I don't get as much detail out of the image as I would like. Try increasing the contrast and adjusting the levels to bring out the barn from the background/foreground.
Another piece of advice is try and pick out a point of interest in your scene and incorporate accordingly. In your first image, I don't get anything that captures my attention. It looks like any random scene off to the side of a trail. If you would have captured the trail itself or a bridge or some other point of interest, this could have had potential.
The second image is crisp and rich in color, however, it doesn't do much for me as it is lacking a sense of the overall trail or forest.
The third shot is just too bright for my liking; try dropping the levels and bumping the contrast.
Finally, it looks like you are shooting with a wide angle, my guess would be a tokina 12-24?
I personally prefer wide angle images where you are close to the ground and can still view the sky. Try getting low next time you are shooting a closed in scene like your forest shot from above.
These images make me miss upstate NY. As someone who grew up spending weekends in Schroon Lake, this brings me back to my childhood.
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